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Some Good News
I’ve just had a bit of excellent news – my submission for the 2011 Enterprise Architecture Conference in London has been accepted. The provisional title is “Practical Enterprise Integration – Realising the Benefits of a Strong Canonical Architecture” and I’m … Continue reading
The Y2KXI Bug
I don’t know whether I’m alone, but I’ve had two separate problems with computer systems which didn’t survive the transition from 2010 to 2011, making me wonder if there’s a more generic “Y2KXI” bug, like the famous Y2K bug, only … Continue reading
Death and Service
My brand new iPad died today. One minute I was taking notes on it. Next minute, dead as the proverbial fat bird with a big beak, or the Norwegian Blue (lovely plumage). There are three theories which fit the available … Continue reading
Keep Taking the Tablets
I’ve recently purchased an iPad, partly to satisfy some unrequited gadget lust, partly to satisfy some real needs for which I hoped it might be a good match, and partly to try and understand what all the fuss is about. … Continue reading
21st Century Schizoid Man
Ruminations on leadership, and how leadership responsibilities change with your perspective Continue reading
A Confident Prediction
Musings on the history and future of Microsoft Windows Continue reading
Lots of News
Quite a lot of news… Migration of our web sites and email to the new hosting server is almost complete. See previous article/rant for some of my findings. After some initial frustration with my hosting provider (WebFusion) when I discovered … Continue reading
In Damnation of PHP
<rant>Apologies if the title is a bit strong, but I think it’s the nearest I can get to the opposite of “In Praise of PHP” I’ve just spent a week-end migrating my website to a new hosting server. As part … Continue reading
Word Grammar Checker – A Nicely Carribean Flavour
This may amuse you. I went to type “Here are my comments” (something I do fairly frequently), but mis-typed it as “Here are me comments”. Word correctly identifies this as incorrect grammar, with a green line under “are”. Right click, … Continue reading
Virtual PC vs VMware Player – Further Thoughts
I’ve added a brief addendum to my piece on Virtual PC technologies. It turns out that VMware Player seems to be able to “fix” unreliable VMs. Microsoft’s lack of attention to compatibility has led me to a better product, and … Continue reading
Digital Convergence – Still Waiting
Another failed attempt to “converge” my phone. Why don’t I learn? Continue reading
Windows Virtual PC – Breaking Compatibility
How Microsoft have badly broken compatibility (again!) with Virtual PC and Windows 7 Continue reading
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